Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Daniel Joseph Chenin designed the house in the Las Vegas desert Named Fort 137, "the building pays homage to the old fort structures from the early settlement days of Las Vegas, which relied upon site-sourced materials along with tried-and-true techniques for designing and building in an arid climate," the team told Dezeen.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 17, 2024

Photo © Rasmus Hjortshõj Spanning 22,000 m², the main timber structure, made of glulam and cross-laminated timber, forms three striking tree-trunk-like columns, fanning out to carry the entire load of the roof – enveloping visitors in a welcoming forest-like canopy.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

The structure's "monumental" form draws on American memorial architecture "The United States has a strong tradition when it comes to memorials," Kaan Architecten co-founder Vincent Panhuysen told Dezeen. This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 2, 2024

The building splices together museum functions around an unused courtyard, and though the dome function is tall, the addition is sensitive to the vaulted hall and lower buildings defining the courtyard today. The roof mediates between the tall dome and the low facades of the one-story building, spanning 26x48m across the dome.

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Dwell

MARCH 28, 2024

Assuming the role of contractor, Julie Park works through trials and tribulations to construct a Blue Sky house with a complex metal roof. Homeowner Julie Park ordered the home’s components from the prefab company Blue Sky Building Systems, and she hired architect Andrew Goodwin to assist with structural engineering and permits.

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Deezen

JULY 31, 2022

US studio Desai Chia Architecture designed a highly sculptural, waterfront home wrapped in concrete and charred cypress that has vaulted roofs resembling wings. Built as a second home for a family of four, the building sits on a ribbon of land between a golf course and Copake Lake in Upstate New York. Windows provide framed views.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

The building has a gabled roof In response to strict zoning rules and environmental sensitivities, the studio created a small-footprint building that preserved existing trees and minimised the overall impact on the landscape. Within the building, the four-foot-tall (1.2-metre) The ground floor also has a powder room.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Dwell

APRIL 20, 2023

ROAR Architects turned a confined site into a light-filled social space with a vaulted ceiling inspired by ship-building techniques. By creating two distinct volumes, it was possible to build up and out to the rear, and therefore provide a generous and flexible space for communal gatherings. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Dutch architecture firm Powerhouse Company has used cross-laminated timber to construct an off-grid office building that floats on water. Floating Office Rotterdam is a three-storey building floating in Rotterdam's Rijnhaven. The building is constructed on a pontoon of 15 "concrete barges". Photo is by Sebastian van Damme.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Photos © studiohanswilschut CasaNova Rotterdam Tower Building News The Muse and CasaNova In the wake of the economic crisis, Barcode Architects took the initiative in 2013 to develop a tower on the Wijnhaven 69 plot, where The Muse now stands. As light changes, the strong relief in the stone constantly gives the building a new look.

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Deezen

JULY 10, 2022

Neubau was approached by St Mary's Junior School for girls to transform the 1970s greenhouse into a specialised lab for teaching classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Neubau added an internal timber frame to form the main structure, with insulation and acoustic panels incorporated between the pillars and beams.

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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e-architect

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 23-storey mixed-use building, MVRDV’s first completed project on the west coast of the United States, is part of a masterplan that creates the wholly new neighbourhood “Mission Rock” overlooking San Francisco Bay. MVRDV’s residential complex The Canyon on San Francisco’s waterfront is complete.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has added a stepped roof and bright-coloured boxes to a former museum dedicated to Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha in the centre of Tirana , Albania. We did keep some of the original details so visitors are also aware of the building's dark past."

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2023

Czech studio Mjölk Architekti has created a mass-timber building with a gabled solar-panelled roof for the headquarters of timber and forest management company Kloboucká lesní in the Czech Republic. With its oversized timber gable, the four-storey structure in Brumov-Bylnice nods to traditional architectural forms.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has unveiled the Tainan Xinhua Fruit and Vegetable Market in Taiwan with an undulating green roof that is accessed by a series of planted terraces. The eastern corner of the structure has terraces filled with colourful planting that descend to the ground to provide stepped access to the roof.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. Once loved, these buildings had suffered from years of neglect and ad-hoc adaptive reuse that had masked their potential."

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2024

Alongside the main worship space on the first floor, which is named the Sea Chapel, the building contains two smaller prayer spaces. It is illuminated by a skylight that projects from the southeastern side of the building. This rooftop space can be accessed independently of the building using an external spiral stair made of metal.

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e-architect

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Ballard Food Bank in Seattle Building, Washington Community Facility, Wilcox Construction Inc. Ballard Food Bank, Seattle Building Design. To provide a permanent and secure base for their operations and to address the increased needs within the community, the Food Bank set out to build a new home. Civil Engineer: KPFF.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

The studios opened up the 9,995-square-metre building by turning one of its street-facing spaces, which had been used as a wig shop, into a cafe with street access. Our project breathes new potential into Malmö Hippodromen and equips the building for another century of life." The seating is arranged in a horseshoe shape.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The revamp of the 354,000-square-metre station is MAD 's first station and the studio hopes it will "redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China". A metal roof and glass facade contrast the brick station. To increase capacity, two sunken waiting halls were built on either side of the existing overground platforms.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The architecture aspires to challenge the traditional conventions of 'firmness' by creating a dynamic structure that makes the building appear to soar," the 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design team told Dezeen. David Chipperfield and Zeidler won a design competition in 2022 and are working on 11 buildings in downtown Ottawa.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

We had to resort to sleeping on the roof for relief." Overhanging roofs shade the facades There are three bedrooms located on the elevated deck, plus a fourth at ground level. The original intention had been to give the building a wood frame. The photography is by Filippo Romano.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

The building's beige exterior was replaced with black, vertical cedar siding that adds a sense of gravitas, the studio said. The roof is covered in standing-seam metal. Vertical cedar siding that adds a sense of gravitas The team opted to preserve certain elements while adding contemporary interventions.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Each of its three structures—a residence, artist’s studio, and bath house—features a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater. The main residence takes the form of a pavilion that allows for outdoor use year-round, with over two-thirds of the building footprint dedicated to covered exterior space.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The building shares its name with one of the best-known Arts and Crafts houses in England, designed by architect Philip Webb for print designer William Morris in the mid-19th century. Like its namesake, David Kohn Architects designed the house to build on British vernacular housing traditions, but to do so in a radical way. "Its

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Deezen

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The columns were created using a technique in which concrete is poured into fabric formwork "The hay field is treated as if it were a carpet, draped over the volumes of the residence in a series of berms, allowing the entire building roof to be traversed from the exterior and contributing to the archaeological reading," said the team.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment. All of the buildings feature concrete podiums, which support load-bearing timber walls. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

Hewitt created a residential tower in Seattle informed by a stack of magazines The 33-storey-high building consists of a glazed tower with four facades of angled planes that rises from a rectangular base clad in brick. Photo is by Tim Rice Photography Mechanical elements were encased in a two-level block on top of the building. "We

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2023

Architecture studio Worrell Yeung has renovated a historic cast-iron building in Soho for an arts organisation called Canal Projects, which hosts exhibitions "in an unmistakably New York City space". This is a building typology unique to New York City, and a richly layered context within which to exhibit."

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Manna hotel is housed in a former sanatorium for tuberculosis patients The building sits within a fir forest on Mount Mainalo, the tallest peak in the mountainous region. When the sanatorium closed – made obsolete following the introduction of penicillin in 1938 – the building had been emptied to prevent looting.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

American studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed a series of asymmetrical, angular buildings for an Arkansas school backed by the founders of retail giant Walmart. Local firm Marlon Blackwell Architects designed five structures for the school. Local firm Marlon Blackwell Architects designed five structures for the school.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They also drew up guidelines for how the foundations of the structure should meet the ground, to minimise the impact on the rural terrain. A heat-burning stove and children's book library can be found inside The architects translated this into a structure with a pointed, diamond-shaped roof, an open front and a closed back.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 18, 2024

Marrying function and aesthetics, the building is figuratively and literally a simple machine for learning. Photo © Alan Brandt The 3,750-square-foot shed-roofed building, sited on the campus’ public threshold, puts science education on display.

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e-architect

JUNE 27, 2023

Complementing each other’s programs and collaborating to expand community impact under one roof allows each tenant to become greater than the sum of their parts. Complementing each other’s programs and collaborating to expand community impact under one roof allows each tenant to become greater than the sum of their parts.

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